Persian Authorization of the Law
23“And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of God, appoint judges and justices to judge all those who know the law of your God, throughout all Syria and Phoenicia; and you shall teach it to those who do not know it. 24All who transgress the law of your God or the law of the kingdom shall be strictly punished, whether by death or some other punishment, either fine or imprisonment.”
Translation from the New Revised Standard Version.
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Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 2: Emerging Judaism.
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